Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-17

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come alre'd built. and alreq tv manv. vhs
were as far out as YOU are, are sta ding n Ia
EchIhi ana heavenly gO~. lhe nzels o
Nou rescue are WalinE ont into the surf {,
Gluten your hand, and they know how exc
/ hausted on are, and all tne redremed prod Il
IA. OF heaven are on the beach with new
white rob o clothe al those who come il
on broken pieces of the ship.
MY symp thies are for such all the mors
because was naturally skeptica, posed
10 que'ilon every thing about this lite aud
the next. and was in danger Of being furthei
our To set thdnany OF he two huudre and
seVenty-s'N in the Medi erranean breakers
aud | was sometimes the annoyance OF mi
theological professor because ! asked 50
many questions. But | came In on a plank
knew Christ was the saviour OF sinnetsand
that was a sinner. and | got ashore, and /
40 not propose to 20 OUT on that sea a0aln.
nave not Tor thirty minutes discussed the cnu-
troVer'cd points OF theology in thirty wears.
ANA during the rest OF my life do not pro.
pose TO discuss them for thirty seconds.
would rather, in mud SOW. try "a
weather the worst cyclone that ever swept uI
from the Caribbean than risk my imA orini
soul IN useess and periiOus discussions "a
which some OF my brethren in he minIstrg
are lndulg'ng. hey remind me of a company
OF sailors ftanding on Ramsgate pier head,
from which the lifeboat- are u naliy lau nchcct
ana coolly dlsCussi' the different styles G!
oar locks and how deep a boat ought to set iu
the water, while a hurr' sane is in full blast,
passengers going To pieces in the Ofiing. An
old tar, The mu-cles Of his face working wits
nervous eNcltemen' crle' out: ernie Ia rd
time 10 discuss such tn ngs. Man the lifeI
boat! Who VIII vuluuteerP Out with hes
into the surf! Pull. my lads, null for tns
wreck Ha! ha! Now we have them. Lifi
them In ana lay them down on the bottom ot
the boat. Jack, you try to bring them toi
Pat these iiannels around their hands az
feet, and Will pull for the shore. God hetu
me! There! Landed! Hu1zar When therd
are so MANY strugg in1 In the waves OF sir
and sorrow ard wretchednesS let ali else & 1
but "a walton for rlme sud salvation fore er,
! hetlink myself that there are some hera
whose opportunity or whore life is amera
wreck, and lney have only "A small piece lef,.
You started In youth with al sails set au
everything promised a grand VOYAGE, but vou
have sailed in the wrong direction or have
t"undered on a rock, You have only q fraE-
ment OF time left Then come in on that o 4
plank. "~ome on broken pieces Of the ship.i
ou admit YOU are all brokeu M one de-
cade OF our II gone by, two dec ides, thfc 4
decades. four decades, half century, rer /
haps thre 'quar;ers OF n century gone. Tha
hour hand and the minute hand Of your CLOCK
OF life are almost parallel, and shon it will bo
twelve and your day ended. Clear discuur
aged are you? | admit IL is "A sad thing Ia
give all OF our live that are worth anyth a.
TO sin and the devil, and then AZ last m Ike
God present of hr-t-rate {, rpse. But Jha
vast you cannot recover. Get on board tha old
sup you never wiz Have you only one mo q
year eft, one more month, one moTe week
one more dav, one more hour--come IN on
that. Perhaps II you get o heaven God ~ q 4
'et you go out on some great mission 10 SOM.
other world, where you can some What atouA,
for YOUR lack of service in this
From m any a deathbed / have seen the
hands thrown up in deploratlon something's
e-LpGt - ~ life has been was ed | hac
II desiraSS culties, and fine social pos '
ion - cat opportunity hut thruug |
worldIin. NS1d neg ect all has gone to wastti
We these few remaining hours | now &C
cent of I,hr,st e,,nd shall enter heavei
,hronoh ob His 49, a." IN, alas. that
might have entered the hafrS OF - ri
rest with u full cargo. and been krSeied by
the waving hands of multitude in WHOSE
salvation had borne n blessed part. | must
confess ! now enter the harbOr OF heaven on
broken pieces OF the rhip!"